Example sentences of "her [verb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She guessed it would be Nicky Kai , eager to hear her singing the praises of her beloved island once more , and she might be willing to stay and share the light supper she had been planning for herself as it was Sunday , the one evening of the week on which Florian might occasionally make a concession to the fact of his breakfast show slot and retire soon after dark .
2 How could they know how much more real and beautiful was the infinity inside her with its constellations of meanings , and the comet-blaze of truth that was Friend , who taught her to arrange the meanings in patterns of logic ?
3 ‘ It 's like a man takes you out for a meal and he 's thinking , ‘ I let her have an horsd'oeuvre , so I can definitely ask her to wear the handcuffs later on . ' ’
4 The Queen , in a red dress and pearl necklace , said it made her realise the trials and sorrows suffered by many people around the world through war , terrorism , famine , natural disaster and economic hardship .
5 Just as she was bombarded by voices telling her to accept the doctors ' recommendations she discovered that she was pregnant .
6 They tempt a poor girl with money , or an evening 's pleasure , then leave her to bear the consequences . ’
7 And then he saw her pass by outside the window , and heard her climbing the steps toward the front door .
8 In one small group Mrs M finds that alcohol helps her forget the noises and is in real danger of ‘ taking to the bottle ’ , whereas Mrs N finds that even a thimbleful of alcohol increases the head noises dramatically .
9 She 's recently returned from Bolivia where an Arts Council grant enabled her to shoot the natives living in the foothills of the Andes .
10 She 's recently returned from Bolivia where an Arts council grant enabled her to shoot the natives living in the foothills of the Andes .
11 He came to see her every evening and asked her to recount the events of that day .
12 Desmond Fairchild , hearing her shouting the minutes in the passage , had come out of the lavatory still holding himself .
13 She brought Emel , but her husband would n't let her bring the boys .
14 Zurachina was in the next room ; Burun could hear her ordering the slaves to unpack the boxes of bed linen .
15 She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night .
16 But this does not stop Abse constructing an elaborate thesis based on Thatcher 's ‘ sphincter morality ’ , for which her mother , Beatrice , should really take the blame : ‘ Thatcher succeeded in initiating the electorate into a new form of gambling : her personal need to end the earlier constraints which she had endured , outlawing the joys of shitting and coprophilia , drove her to open the doors of the Stock Exchange , and end its exclusivity . ’
17 Over to Mary 's quarters he went , while Alice remained locked in her apartment for fear of the plague of adders which her husband assured her infested the grounds .
18 After her own parents died and she was left destitute , Elizabeth had found her wandering the streets .
19 Always up with the pace , she responded instantly when Cash Asmussen asked her to repel the challenges of the favourite , Chimes Of Freedom , and Line Of Thunder .
20 I suppose he 's got a bit of power her at the end because he makes her give the jewels back .
21 I know she 'll learn in time but I want her to avoid the pitfalls . ’
22 14 But when their ideas about her dominated the reviews of her 1923 show , O'Keeffe decided to do something about it .
23 In Mark 's case , a link worker for his grandmother would help her manage the complexities of the changed relationship with Sheila .
24 Only Laura 's secure philosophy of family life enabled her to combine the roles because she was given school holidays and other crucial times off .
25 In order to teach your child how to act under one set of circumstances but not another , train her to identify the cues that differentiate between the appropriate and inappropriate circumstances .
26 The vivacity and brilliant colours of the mobile forms draw the spectator into the work , also tempting her to identify the shapes with external references .
27 Emmie thought it would be impolite to Mrs Sargent to let her see the clothes she had bought looking like that .
28 BELVILLE : I 'll tell you how it is : you have taught her to assume the airs of a gentlewoman .
29 That same ability to identify helps her appreciate the hurts she may sometimes have caused others .
30 It was too stupid of her to let the memories come crowding in so easily .
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